(ἠίθεον ἢ καὶ γεγαμηκότα ἄπαιδαPl.Lg.877e), Sapph.Supp.20a.18 (pl.); παρθένος ἠ. τε joined, Il.22.127, al.; χοροὺς παρθένων τε καὶ ἠιθέωνHdt.3.48, cf. Plu.Thes.15; including παρθένοι, B.16 tit., cf. 43, al.; of the θεωροί sent to Delos, Arist.Ath.56.3; οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ᾔθεοσE.Ph.945; of animals,
unmated
, Pl.Lg.840d: later as Adj., παῖδες ἠίθεοιPlu.Thes.17; ἠϊθέοισιν ἐφήβοισινIG3.1151. 2.ἠίθεοι, οἱ,
ghosts of those who die unmarried,
Tab.Defix.Aud.52.7. II. rare as fem., ἠϊθέη,= παρθένοσ, Nic.Fr.74.64, AP9.241 (Antip.<Thess.>); κόρη ᾔθεοσEup.332. III. metaph. as Adj., νοῦσPorph.Marc.33. (ἠιθ- shd. be read as ᾐθ- in Prose.)